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5 Leadership Lessons We Can Learn from Dads
Father’s Day is coming up on Sunday. This is an excellent opportunity to show appreciation for the men in the world who take the role of dad to the next level. Here are five leadership lessons we can learn from the endearing dads of the world. 1. Be okay with not always...
Closing the DEI Divide As the World Reopens
Two weeks ago, I met a girlfriend for a glass of wine at a beautiful restaurant in San Diego during Happy Hour. After spending more than twelve months in a state of suspended animation—limiting my social interactions to fewer than a dozen people—I felt free. Since March of...
Commencement Wisdom from Seasoned and Emerging Leaders
Commencement ceremonies from high schools and colleges have looked markedly different for the past year and a half. Parents aren’t seen straining to pick out their daughter or son from a sea of identical cap-and-gown-clad graduates. The solemn program on stage hasn’t been...
Highlights from our DEI In Action Panel Discussion
So many superlatives come to mind to describe last week’s event, DEI In Action: A Panel Discussion with Practitioners and Leaders. With nearly 3,000 registrants, it was the largest quarterly DEI panel discussion we’ve hosted. The registrants ranged from some of the most...
3 Ways to Help Leaders Reflect and Refuel
During the 3 minutes it will take you to read this post, you’ll probably get an email, a text, a Slack message, a missed call, a social media notification, or some combination of all of the above. Let 30 minutes pass, and you could be swimming in unanswered inbounds. A...
5 Fresh Titles to Add to Your DEI Library
No matter who we are or where we come from, our assumptions and beliefs are shaped by our experiences, our upbringing, our race, our gender, religion, culture. Those beliefs help us navigate and make sense of everyday life. But they can also mean that we believe that there...
Surviving a Negative 360 Degree Leadership Review
It’s been said that feedback is the breakfast of champions. For many people, however, that feedback can go down like a bowl of cold, lumpy oatmeal. In my work as a leadership consultant, clients often tell me that they would welcome 360 degree feedback on their...
Beyond the Basics: 2 Events to Help You Bridge the Inclusion Gap
Gay men are naturally fashionable. Black men are the best athletes. Asians are the model minority. These are just three examples of positive stereotypes, or subjectively favorable beliefs about certain social groups. And, just as negative stereotypes can be harmfully...
Tammy Duckworth is One Tough Mother
When you picture a U.S. Army National Guard helicopter pilot who lost both legs in battle, you probably don’t think of an Asian woman. But, then, nothing about Tammy Duckworth’s story fits into the baseball, hotdogs, apple pie Americana tropes that we’ve come to think of...
5 Takeaways from the 2021 San Diego Women’s Week Leadership Conference
Last week, I attended the virtual Women’s Week Leadership Conference sponsored by the North San Diego Business Chamber. This annual conference is designed to inspire, empower and connect women of all ages and professions in honor of Women’s History Month. Over the weekend,...
9 New! Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month
As a certified Women-Owned business, we are celebrating Women’s History Month 2021 by highlighting books by and about women. These nine new books depict women who have pushed boundaries, effected change, redefined roles, or who have enriched our understanding of what it...
7 of Our Favorite TED Talks in Honor of Women’s History Month
Since 1987, March has been designated as Women’s History Month. This year, we are sharing some of the top TED Talks given by women leaders from a gamut of backgrounds. These women use humor, vulnerability, and wisdom to claim permission to step into power, validate women’s...